Gary Cole
Acting
Born 1956-09-20 · Park Ridge, Illinois, USA
Gary Michael Cole (born September 20, 1956) is an American stage and screen actor, best known for his supporting roles in numerous television and film productions such as Jack "Nighthawk" Killian in Midnight Caller or as Bill Lumbergh in Office Space. In 1984, he played the lead role of Green Beret Army Officer Jeffrey MacDonald, along with Karl Malden and Eva Marie Saint, in the true crime TV mini-series Fatal Vision, based on the book of the same name. Based on the real-life murders of the wife and daughters of U.S. Army officer Jeffrey R. MacDonald at Fort Bragg in 1970. He landed the lead role on NCIS in 2021, taking over as the team's supervisor.
Known for
NCIS
2003 · TV
The Tom and Jerry Show
2014 · TV
Veep
2012 · TV
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
2014 · TV
Midnight Caller
1988 · TV
Kim Possible
2002 · TV
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
2000 · TV
Chicago Fire
2012 · TV
The West Wing
1999 · TV
mixed-ish
2019 · TV
Suits
2011 · TV
The Good Fight
2017 · TV
The Good Wife
2009 · TV
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · TV
Bob's Burgers
2011 · TV
American Gothic
1995 · TV
Entourage
2004 · TV
Family Affair
2002 · TV
Desperate Housewives
2004 · TV
Supernatural
2005 · TV
Wanted 2005
2005 · TV
Crusade
1999 · TV
Mercy Street
2016 · TV
Velma
2023 · TV
Q-Force
2021 · TV
Archer
2009 · TV
Family Guy
1999 · TV
American Dad!
2005 · TV
Fam
2019 · TV
F is for Family
2015 · TV
Trolls: TrollsTopia
2020 · TV
Waco: The Aftermath
2023 · TV
A Man on the Inside
2024 · TV
DC Showcase Animated Shorts
2010 · TV
Rick and Morty
2013 · TV
NCIS: Hawaiʻi
2021 · TV
The Practice
1997 · TV
Chuck
2007 · TV
Monk
2002 · TV
Psych
2006 · TV
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009 · TV
Frasier
1993 · TV
Hart of Dixie
2011 · TV
Phineas and Ferb
2007 · TV
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000 · TV
The Closer
2005 · TV
King of the Hill
1997 · TV
Justice League Action
2016 · TV
The Good Guys
2010 · TV
Miami Vice
1984 · TV
30 Rock
2006 · TV
Son of the Morning Star
1991 · TV
Numb3rs
2005 · TV
Fatal Vision
1984 · TV
True Blood
2008 · TV
We Bare Bears
2015 · TV
Unforgettable
2011 · TV
The Legend of Korra
2012 · TV
Arrested Development
2003 · TV
Love, Death & Robots
2019 · TV